forlorn hope
forlorn hope picked force detailed for an attack, (hence) desperate adventurers, players, etc. XVI; (by misapprehension) hopeless enterprise XVII. — Du. verloren hoop ‘lost troop’, i.e. verloren, pp. of verliezen (see prec.), hoop company (HEAP).
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